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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
fifth Family Fun Night of the new year took place just before the spring
vacation break at the Kuss
Middle School on April 12, 2017. Partners
School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard
welcomed fifty-five parents and children to participate in a program that engages them in some healthy
movement while learning about
nutrition and a range of community resources that they
can access to maintain or improve their health. Participants
were offered sessions on how to cook a quick and easy
healthy dinner by the UMass
Extension Nutrition Education Program and one on
moving to music with Mike Ramos. Participants also had the opportunity to speak with representatives
of 18 agencies including the Bristol
County District Attorney's Office, Bristol
County Sheriff's Office, BMC HealthNet
Plan, Child
and Family Services, Children's
Advocacy Center, Citizens for
Citizens, DCF
Foster Parenting, Fall
River Women's Center, HealthFirst
Dental Program, Mass in Motion/Walk
Fall River, New York Life
Insurance, People Incorporated,
Road to Healing, Saint Anne's
Hospital, Samaritans, Southcoast Health,
and Partners
for a
Healthier Community covering its
Sugar-Free Challenge. Click here for a
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(Top row) Kuss Spanish Teacher Shannon Sullivan checks people in before Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard tells the families that their door prize ticket gives them a chance to win one of ten bags of groceries at the end of the evening. (Rows two and three) Sue Loughlin, Lindsey Megan and Jessica Tabaczynski of the UMass Extension Nutrition Education Program demonstrate how to make a nutritious and tasty silly fusilli chili recipe that everyone had a chance to sample. (Rows four and five) Fitness Leader Mike Ramos leads groups in a 20-minute session fun session to get people moving to music. (Row seven) Partners staff member Angie Bras talks with parents and children about cutting back on sugar-sweetened beverages and drinking whole milk. (Row eight) Children and parents visit the Road to Healing, Mass in Motion/Walk Fall River, and the Samaritans resource tables. (Bottom row) After Jamie Jancarik of Child and Family Services talks with a parent, Kuss Parent Liaison Grace Melim who draws the winning door prize numbers, including one for sixth-grader Brianna Peinado. |
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